The Logistics and Supply Chain Toolkit provides practical, take-away tools for warehouse, inventory and transport managers to apply to the day-to-day challenges of logistics and supply chain management. This book offers applicable solutions to some of the most frequently encountered problems of the industry. The 2nd edition has been thoroughly revised to ensure that all research is updated to reflect the latest innovations in technology and processes. The tools have been revised to ensure the utmost relevance, and a collection of new tools has been added to ensure that the book is relevant and applicable in light of the most recent changes to the sector.

The aim of The Logistics and Supply Chain Toolkit is to provide today's managers with a toolbox of practical ideas and information to help them in their day-to-day work. It explains a number of the major management tools and suggests areas within supply chain and logistics where they can be applied. The tools have been put into chapters, including supply chains, warehousing, transport and inventory. Online supporting resources include downloadable tools.

The Logistics and Supply Chain Toolkit: Over 100 Tools and Guides for Supply Chain, Transport, Warehousing and Inventory Management | Gwynne Richards (Author), Susan Grinsted (Author) | Kogan Page

Features:
Providing practical and applicable solutions to some of the most frequently encountered problems in the industry, this updated second edition of The Logistics and Supply Chain Toolkit offers revised tools that reflect the latest innovations in technologies and processes. The book also includes new tools on calculating stock-holding cost, calculating ordering cost, managing slow-moving inventories, and new, additional website resources, such as worked examples. Chapters covering managing warehouses, transportation, inventory, supply chain, performance, finances, and outsourcing thoroughly explain each tool and suggest areas where they can be applied.
• It covers all the techniques and processes needed to operate efficient logistics operations
• It explains each tool and gives examples of how it is used in practice
• It covers every aspect of warehousing, transporting, and inventory management
• It combines established management and leadership tools with the critical information required in logistics

The Logistics and Supply Chain Toolkit: Over 100 Tools and Guides for Supply Chain, Transport, Warehousing and Inventory Management

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Warehouse management tools and guides
Warehouse audit, 5S or 5C, also known as Gemba Kanri, Pareto analysis, 80/20 rule, ABC analysis or the vital few analysis, Choosing an order-picking strategy, Choosing pick technology, Cross-docking, Slotting or item profiling, Resource planning, Task interleaving, Selecting warehouse storage equipment, Warehouse location numbering, Selecting warehouse material handling equipment (MHE), Warehouse space calculations, Warehouse location, Justifying a warehouse management system (WMS), Selecting a warehouse management system (WMS), How to implement a WMS, Warehouse maturity scan, by Jeroen van den Berg, Warehouse risk assessments, How to 'green' your warehouse and save energy, Hazardous packaging and labelling

Chapter 2: Transport management tools
Transport audit checklists, Calculating emissions in freight transport, Fuel adjustment factor formula, How to improve fuel efficiency, Incoterms 2010, Load and pallet configuration, ISO containers, weight volume ratios and pallets, Calculating road freight transport charges and rates, Transport management system (TMS) selection process, Transport problems-matching customer demand with supplier capacity, Vendor assurance of transport logistics service providers, Drivers' hours regulations, EU and United States, Transportation of hazardous products

Chapter 3: Inventory management tools
Inventory management audit, ABC Pareto analysis for inventory management, Ballou's inventory-throughput curve, Consignment stock, Cycle counting or perpetual inventory counting, Maister's rule or the square root rule, Measuring demand variation, Periodic review inventory management system, Reorder point inventory management system, Replenishment order quantities, Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) by Geoff Relph, Combining Pareto with EOQ to enhance group analysis by Geoff Relph, K-curve (exchange curve inventory planning), by Geoff Relph, Safety stock calculation, Stock counting, Stock turn, Vendor-managed inventory (and co-managed inventory), Identification and disposal of surplus stock, Managing spare parts inventory

Chapter 4: Supply chain management tools
Supply chain management audit, Collaborative, Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR), Demand forecasting, Factory gate pricing (FGP), Kanban, Kraljic matrix, Maturity models, Postponement, Product Flow Path Design, by Fortna, SCOR, Supplier relationships, Supply chain risk assessment, Supply chain risk mitigation and contingency planning, Sustainable sourcing, Theory of constraints, Time-based process mapping, Time compression, Calculating ordering cost, How to calculate stockholding cost, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), Omni-channel distribution, Strategic procurement, Supply Chain Strategy, by Julian Amey

Chapter 5: Outsourcing tools
Outsourcing, To 4PL or not to 4PL, A risk-based approach to logistics outsourcing, Supply chain and logistics outsourcing

Chapter 6: General management tools
Critical path analysis, Decision matrix analysis (DMA), DMAIC: a process improvement tool, Flow charts, Gantt charts, Mind maps, The PDCA tool, Radar chart, SWOT analysis, Team selection-building a successful team, by Belbin

Chapter 7: Performance management tools
SMART, Performance measurement and quality improvement, Performance measures for freight transport, Warehouse KPIs, Balanced Scorecard, Benchmarking

Chapter 8: Financial management tools and ratios
Activity-based costing (ABC) and time-driven activity-based costing (TDABC), Value tree financial model, by Enrico Camerinelli, Calculating return on investment and payback period, An engineered approach to calculate equipment ROI, by Aaron Lininger, Supply chain financial ratios and metrics

Chapter 9: Problem-solving tools
Brainstorming, Cause and effect analysis, or fishbone or Ishikawa, The 5 Whys, The 8-D approach
Appendices